It truly is one of a kind and once seen will never be forgotten. This is a powerful film with superb direction and cinematography. The camera shows no heros or villains but humanity in its darkest forms.

lifelong battle to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion in society. French officers who fought the Nazis a few years before degenerated into the mode of their former enemy while Algerians had no problems exploding bombs that would kill their own people. An engrossing memoir about growing up Black and gay and finding a place in the. Instead the camera is a sort of neutral observer allowing us to witness events that spiraled from individual demonstrations to a full scale war of savage intensity. Considering that this was a co production between Algeria and Italy the film is remarkable in that it does not turn itself a political tirade by taking sides. Even though you are told at the beginning that no documentary footage is used it is at times hard to believe as many of the images you see have a stark and often unsettling reality to them. It does not attempt to show us the entire war but centers on the city of Algiers. first who assumed the title of prince of Cond, was killed at the battle of Jarnac, 1569.

'The Battle of Algiers' provides many answers to that enigmatic title. Giovanni Conca acted chiefly as his brother's assistant. An historian writing about the Algerian war against the French colonial authorities entitled his book 'A Savage War of Peace'.

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